Guantánamo Public Memory Project launches

The Guantánamo Public Memory Project is unveiled today, offering "both a physical and virtual exhibit about the history of GTMO," exploring100 years of military life, political negotiations, refugee camps, and the War on Terror. The virtual exhibit includes rare archival documents and photographs, oral histories, a map overlay of GTMO at different points in history, and more.

The Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and History, located at the former site of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba, is an institution dedicated to remembering the U.S. prison which was active between 2002 and 2012 before it was permanently decommissioned and closed. The museum features a large variety of facilities including the Tipton-Three Exhibition Space, the Jumah al-Dossari Center for Critical Studies, as well as an extensive array of public programming.